Focus on the beauty? Not so easy to do when things are looking bleak or when our attention takes us down a rabbit-hole into the space where everything is ugly.
But have you ever noticed how, when you DO focus on something besides ugliness, you can actually feel uplifted? Have you ever been really down and had a little child come up and give you a hug? There is true beauty in that hug, even if it’s full of mud or comes with a bouquet of weeds. Or have you been feeling sorry for yourself, feeling lonely, and had a friend call out of the blue and invite you out?
We really can control our thoughts when we become aware of our power over them. We all have knee-jerk reactions to situations or problems or even joy. Becoming Aware [with a capital ‘A’] means learning to assess those knee-jerk reactions and making a conscious decision about how to act next. A thought does not have to hold us in its grip without letting go if we choose not to allow it.
Sometimes thoughts do come unbidden into our consciousness but the important thing to learn is to process the thought and ask:
What is this?
Is this true for me now?
Is it in my highest good to hold onto this thought at this time?
Unbidden thoughts often stem from our insecurities and they masquerade as the reality of the moment but we must ask ourselves if they are actually true in that moment. We can worry all we want about the next tornado or earthquake or hurricane but if the sun is shining now isn’t that what is real? Isn’t that where we can find the beauty? We can always worry about something that might happen but if it is not true in this moment then there is something else to look at, to think about, something else on which to focus our attention.
Look around you today and see if you are focusing on the thoughts that are uplifting or if you are attaching to those thoughts that bring you down, that distract you from the beauty of the day. Even if you are wrestling with a problem today, can you find something of beauty to think of for a moment? Scientists are now saying that smiling can make us feel happy – it’s not just the other way around! Try looking in the mirror when you are focusing on problems and force yourself to smile. I guarantee that you will either laugh at the way you look when you are worrying and/or laugh at the way you look when you force a smile. That single laugh will shift your body’s energy and allow the Light to come through in that moment.
That is an important shift, for allowing the Light to shine also brings with it resources that better equip you to find a solution to your problem. You are more resourceful with the Light in you than when you shroud yourself in darkness.
So go ahead and let your thoughts drift across the sky of your mind while you choose which ones on which to focus your attention. And if you need help, remember to look in the mirror and laugh a beautiful laugh!
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Mystic Messages 
MUSE-INGS: Choose your focus – and laugh?
August 3, 2010 — RosemaryFocus on the beauty? Not so easy to do when things are looking bleak or when our attention takes us down a rabbit-hole into the space where everything is ugly.
But have you ever noticed how, when you DO focus on something besides ugliness, you can actually feel uplifted? Have you ever been really down and had a little child come up and give you a hug? There is true beauty in that hug, even if it’s full of mud or comes with a bouquet of weeds. Or have you been feeling sorry for yourself, feeling lonely, and had a friend call out of the blue and invite you out?
We really can control our thoughts when we become aware of our power over them. We all have knee-jerk reactions to situations or problems or even joy. Becoming Aware [with a capital ‘A’] means learning to assess those knee-jerk reactions and making a conscious decision about how to act next. A thought does not have to hold us in its grip without letting go if we choose not to allow it.
Sometimes thoughts do come unbidden into our consciousness but the important thing to learn is to process the thought and ask:
What is this?
Is this true for me now?
Is it in my highest good to hold onto this thought at this time?
Unbidden thoughts often stem from our insecurities and they masquerade as the reality of the moment but we must ask ourselves if they are actually true in that moment. We can worry all we want about the next tornado or earthquake or hurricane but if the sun is shining now isn’t that what is real? Isn’t that where we can find the beauty? We can always worry about something that might happen but if it is not true in this moment then there is something else to look at, to think about, something else on which to focus our attention.
Look around you today and see if you are focusing on the thoughts that are uplifting or if you are attaching to those thoughts that bring you down, that distract you from the beauty of the day. Even if you are wrestling with a problem today, can you find something of beauty to think of for a moment? Scientists are now saying that smiling can make us feel happy – it’s not just the other way around! Try looking in the mirror when you are focusing on problems and force yourself to smile. I guarantee that you will either laugh at the way you look when you are worrying and/or laugh at the way you look when you force a smile. That single laugh will shift your body’s energy and allow the Light to come through in that moment.
That is an important shift, for allowing the Light to shine also brings with it resources that better equip you to find a solution to your problem. You are more resourceful with the Light in you than when you shroud yourself in darkness.
So go ahead and let your thoughts drift across the sky of your mind while you choose which ones on which to focus your attention. And if you need help, remember to look in the mirror and laugh a beautiful laugh!
________________________
Please feel free to re-post this article and share it with your readers. All I ask is that you include the following information when you do: